The bishop cited a principle often credited to St. Augustine: "In essential things unity, in doubtful things liberty, but in all things love.
The diocese recently announced a new initiative to encourage area Catholics to conserve water and energy.
After the Supreme Court in 1976 allowed states to reinstate the death penalty, 37 states had laws on the books permitting capital punishment.
"There will be nothing expected of you but your presence and your willingness to pray with me," said Pittsburgh Bishop David A. Zubik.
An estimated 150,000 ethnic Tamils are still trapped in a small patch of Tamil-controlled area in the northeast of the island country.
What would happen in a Roe v. Wade reversal is far from certain, Balch added. "Theres a lot of scholarly writing in the event of what would happen," she said, like how to enforce a law outlawing abortion that is still on the books but that has been dormant for close to four decades. "Even if there a
"This is a step in the right direction," said Father Jose Espino, a priest of the Miami Archdiocese and a Cuban native.